Directly across the street from the Pub, Oz is "the land of dance," where patrons can walk right in and hit the downstairs dance floor. It's a well-appointed club with a Technicolor dance floor and state-of-the-art sound, and the bars are wide enough to accommodate scantily clad male dancers, mostly on the weekends. Budget-conscious buzz-seekers can save a bundle with the nightly 2-for-1 Happy Hour from 4 to 8.

Try: Dingo, short for Drag Bingo, Fridays and Sundays from 6 to 8 p.m. Hostess with the mostest Blanche Debris, whose hair is definitely the highest point in New Orleans, is always a hoot. And when Bianca del Rio is home from New York, it gets extra gamey.